Laurent Didier
{{short description|Luxembourgish racing cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Laurent Didier
| image = Laurent Didier (cropped).jpg
| caption = Didier at the 2008 Münsterland Giro
| fullname = Laurent Didier
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|7|19}}
| birth_place = Dippach, Luxembourg
| height = {{convert|1.89|m|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = All-rounder
| amateuryears1 = 2008
| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2008a}} (stagiaire)
| proyears1 = 2006–2008
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TRS|2006}}
| proyears2 = 2009
| proteam2 = Designa Køkken
| proyears3 = 2010–2011
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}
| proyears4 = 2012–2018
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/12/news/radioshack-nissan-trek-announces-lineup-for-2012_199256|title=RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012|date=5 December 2011|accessdate=17 January 2012|work=VeloNews|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.}}
| majorwins = One-day races and Classics
:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2012)}}
:National Time Trial Championships (2014)
| medaltemplates =
}}
Laurent Didier (born 19 July 1984) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer,{{cite news|url=http://www.tageblatt.lu/headlines/zum-karriereende-von-laurent-didier-der-radprofi-und-der-mont-saint-michel/|title=Zum Karriereende von Laurent Didier: Der Radprofi und der Mont-Saint-Michel|language=German|date=17 October 2018|accessdate=6 January 2019|first=Chris|last=Schleimer|work=Tageblatt|publisher=Editpress|trans-title=At the end of the career of Laurent Didier: The professional cyclist and the Mont-Saint-Michel}} who competed between 2006 and 2018 for the {{UCI team code|TRS|2008}}, Designa Køkken, {{UCI team code|SAX|2011}} and {{UCI team code|TFS|2018}} teams.
Career
Didier is from Dippach, Luxembourg and his ancestors are no strangers to the world of cycling. His father, Lucien Didier, was part of winning team time trial squads in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and his grandfather Bim Diederich won three stages of the Tour and wore the yellow jersey for three days.{{cite web |url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/sports/sports_luxembourgeois/story/le-duc-bim-diederich-est-decede-17822201 |title="Le Duc" Bim Diederich, est décédé|date=6 December 2012 |website=L'essentiel |language=French |trans-title="The Duke" Bim Diederich has passed away |access-date=26 August 2018}} Laurent is good in various terrains which makes him useful in different kinds of races.
From October 2008 to early February 2009, Didier rode for Danish {{UCI team code|CSC|2008a}}, and then moved home to Designa Køkken, also in Denmark.{{cite web |url=http://www.radsportseiten.net/coureurploegfiche.php?coureurid=13899 |title=Teams Laurent Didier |publisher=Radsportseiten.net |accessdate=2010-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302100218/http://www.radsportseiten.net/coureurploegfiche.php?coureurid=13899 |archive-date=2 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} In 2009, he finished second at the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships behind Andy Schleck and was also runner-up in the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships behind Kim Kirchen.{{cite web |url=http://www.radsportseiten.net/coureuruitslagenfiche.php?coureurid=13899 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302100229/http://www.radsportseiten.net/coureuruitslagenfiche.php?coureurid=13899 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 March 2012 |title=Ergebnisse Laurent Didier |publisher=Radsportseiten.net |date= |accessdate=2010-07-14 }}
To most cycling experts it was a huge surprise that Didier was selected for the 2013 Tour de France, at the expense of former Belgian champion Stijn Devolder.{{Citation needed|date = August 2015}}
Major results
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;2005
: 1st 20px Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
::1st Stage 3a
: 6th GP Möbel Alvisse
: 9th Overall Stuttgart–Straßburg
;2006
: 8th Rund um Düren
;2007
: 1st Saargau
: 1st Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 8th Ronde van Overijssel
;2009
: National Road Championships
::2nd Road race
::2nd Time trial
: 6th Overall Tour de Normandie
;2010
: 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
;2011
: National Road Championships
::3rd Road race
::3rd Time trial
;2012
: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st 20px Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie
;2013
: 1st 20px Mountains classification, Tour du Haut Var
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
;2014
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 5 USA Pro Challenge
;2015
: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Alberta
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
;2016
: 10th Overall Tour of Utah
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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | 33 | 130 |— |— |— |— | 64 | DNF | 97 |
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France |— |— |— | 53 |— | DNF |— |— |— |
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España |— |— | 86 |— |— |— | 104 |— |— |
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|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
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| scope="row" | DNF |
References
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External links
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- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|laurent-didier}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Capellen (canton)
Category:Luxembourgian male cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics